Course Description

THE RATIONALE

Recent advances in technology are changing how we live, communicate and do business, disrupting traditional industries and redefining the employee-employer relationship. Workers of the future will need new sets of skills to compete.

Thousands of routine and low-skill jobs will be eliminated by automation, A.I. and digital hyper-connectivity. However, these same advances present new opportunities, like:

New job creation

Increased productivity

Improved delivery of public services

This course emphasizes the urgency of developing human capital in meeting the challenges of the coming decades. Developing countries will need to take rapid action to invest in their people as innovation continues to accelerate.

THE COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this training, participants will learn:

• Factors behind the changing nature of work
• Which new sets of skills required for future workforces
• Human Capital Index and its methodology
• Social assistance programs and insurance schemes
• Policy measures available to governments
• Forward-thinking approaches that will build the new skill sets required in the 21st Century, including: Critical analysis, Problem solving, “Soft skills” like teamwork, emotional intelligence and empathy

THE COURSE OUTLINE

The course will cover the following:

MODULE 1: CHANGING NATURE OF WORK

• New Technologies That Are Transforming Day-To-Day Life
• New Types Of Automation
• New Types Of Businesses
• Artificial Intelligence And New Production Methods

MODULE 2: HUMAN CAPITAL: A NEW FRAMEWORK

• World Bank’s New Human Capital Index
• Investments In Health, Education And The Productivity
• Development Of Individual Capacity
• Dangers Of Leaving Workers In Informal Sectors

MODULE 3: LIFELONG LEARNING: FROM BIRTH TO RETIREMENT

• Poverty Rates And Growing Life Expectancies
• Health Care & Child Development
• Risk To Development
• Youth Employment Programs

MODULE 4: RETURNS TO WORK & SOCIAL PROTECTION

• Dynamic Skills Development
• Innovative Pedagogy And Technology
• Areas Of Productivity Gains
• Social Programs Of Advancement

MODULE 5: INVESTING IN SOCIAL INCLUSION

• Human Capital Investments
• Universal Social Protection Programs
• New Ways Of Protecting People
• Methods For Financing Social Programs

 TARGET AUDIENCE

• Public & Private Employees
• Entrepreneurs
• Upper & Mid Management Staff
• Team Leaders
• Students

Delivery Method: Combines lectures, discussions, interactive quizzes and scenario based group exercises and illustrations

Venue:

Fee:

Duration: 1 week

Course Date:  Aug 14th-18th 2023